Bolander, Henry N. 
1867, February th 
San Francisco, Calif. 
TRANSLATION 
San Francisco, February 5th, 1867 
Dear Friend, 
I have received your interesting letter of the 5th of last month. It does 
feel good to have satisfied you this time. I shall like to do that always if 
only I had the material at hand, but that is where the difficulty is. Il carry 
home large quantities and store them, but because of lack of space they are 
hard to find. 
Now, with this steamer the box is going to Washington for you. It contains 
oaks, pines and other conifers, Junci, Hepaticae, Chara. Please be so kind to 
make it very clear to Mr. Braun that the Geological Survey wishes to receive a 
detailed report about these. All Cryptogams should be put together. It 
would, therefore, be very desirable if this gentleman would also make a report 
on Charaoand you on the Iso@tes. The goal is to make a complete enumeration 
of all known California plants. 
All the Ilso&@tes were collected in pools, with the exception of the branch 
which was collected in running water on the east side of the mountains; it 
was also brilliantly green, while the others were pale green. They were all 
growing in a small layer of mud on gravel, sometimes in clusters, sometimes 
singly. Water 1-2 feet deep. Altitude 9-10,000. All collected in September 1866. 
Grasses and photography? Well, as you wish:. 
I found one cone of P. Balfouriana. Apparently a good species. Good 
pictures you will find in the report of the Oregon Committee. Strangely enough, 
the Abies Williamsonii developed no new cones, therefore 1 could find no new 
seeds, not even in»the numerous local Sseed°stores. . 
Dr. Cooper also considers the Tsuga Mertensiana to be the Canadensis. 
However, the tree seems different to me. Its color is entirely cinnamon red, 
even in rather large trees; also, it is strange that the Maine log people did 
not recognize it as such since they grow profusely in the coastal woods-- 
however, we shall see, I shall visit this area again soon. Could anything be 
done with the wood and the bark? I may be able to obtain these through an = 
acquaintance of mine. Should you be able to determine the identity, it would 
be, as far as 1 know ,„ the case between the trees of the east and the west. 
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